wily

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

marked by skill in deception
- "a wily old attorney"

Adj

Sly, cunning, full of tricks.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English wily, wiley, wyly. By surface analysis, wil(e) + -y.

Synonyms

artful, astute, cautelous, crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxlike, foxy, frood, guileful, knavish, shrewd, slick, slim, sly, subtle, tricksy, tricky, vulpine, wily

Antonyms

guileless, gullible, honest, ingenuous, naive, unwise

Scrabble Score: 10

wily is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
wily is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wily is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

wily is a valid Words With Friends word